Somatogravic and Somatogyral illusions are recurring factors in aviation accidents and are the two most common forms of vestibular or ‘false sensation’ illusion which may be encountered when no clear horizon is present and flying wholly or partly by visual external reference is attempted. In essence “SI” is a false sensation that the body has tilted. If […]
Flight into Super Cyclone BOB! Years ago, when I was flying Survey, I was tasked with ferrying one of our survey equipped Fokker Friendships (F27) from Morocco to Darwin via Malta, Jeddah, Karachi, Calcutta and Phuket. The first four legs from Morocco to Calcutta were pretty uneventful but the sector out of Calcutta nearly ended […]
Your aircraft is blowing away! What would you do? In my early years of flying, I was a Senior Captain on Fokker F27 aircraft carrying out Airborne Laser and Magnetometer Oil Exploration missions in coastal waters all over the world. We had 3 F27s which had to be flown from the UK to Toronto […]
